Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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21/11/23 - Naked Clams, a regenerative field trial and a new Welsh National Park
A new type of farmed shellfish... without a shell!
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20/11/2023 Cuttlefish in Cornwall, and what actually is regenerative agriculture?
The fishing industry says government proposals to safeguard cuttlefish won't work.
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18/11/23 - Farming Today This Week: Falsified soil samples, brassicas and river health
Evidence is faked in planning applications for livestock sheds in Northern Ireland.
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17/11/2023
Labour Senedd member suggests farmers with bovine TB should find another job.
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16/11/23 Faked evidence in livestock shed planning applications, sprouts
Faked evidence in NI planning applications for livestock sheds is harming the environment.
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15/11/23 - NI badger cull, environmental payment stacking and brassica breeding
Farmers in Northern Ireland ask what's next after a planned badger cull is cancelled.
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14/11/23 - New Defra Secretary, white cabbage waste and Wilder Marches
Who is new Defra secretary Steve Barclay?
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13/11/23 Sewage sludge on farmland, cauliflowers, dam removal
Campaigners challenge the government on rules for sewage sludge on farms.
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11/09/23 Farming Today This Week: Sugar row, Horticulture report; Methane from livestock; Bird flu; Water management.
Sugar row, horticulture report, methane from livestock, bird flu and water management.
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10/11/23 Methane in livestock; Avian influenza and wild birds; Dairy exports
Methane in livestock debate. Wild birds and avian influenza. Dairy exports.
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09/11/23 Sugar price row, turkeys and bird flu, live export ban
Sugar goes sour as the government orders growers and British Sugar back into negotiations.
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08/11/23 Landuse to prevent floods, bird flu on the Isle of Lewis, green prescribing
Should farmers be paid to allow floodwaters to be kept on land, instead of growing food?
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07/11/23 Raptor persecution, research in bird flu, high iron pea shoots
Police are afraid to investigate wild bird crimes for fear of being caught in the middle.
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06/11/23 Future bleak for fruit and veg growers, bird flu prevention on farm
Future for fruit and veg growers is bleak, according to a report out today.
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04/11/23 - Farming Today This Week: Insect farming, egg supply chain and the Lynx Effect on rams
Charlotte Smith brings you a round up of the week's rural news.
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03/11/23 Flooded farms, the Lynx effect on rams, NFU Cymru conference
Flooded farms and the Lynx effect on rams.
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02/11/23 Insect feed for livestock, sustainable food supply chains, winter cover crops.
Insect farmers want to be allowed to feed processed maggots to pigs and chickens.
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01/11/2023 - Egg supply chains, winter on the Isle of Lewis and live sheep exported to Georgia
A government review into fairness and transparency in the egg supply chain.
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31/10/2023 - NI vet strikes, livestock in winter, Scottish vole populations
Northern Ireland meat plants may have to close because of government vet strikes.
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30/10/23 - Trail hunting, diversity in farming and hedgerows in winter
How does trail hunting work?
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28/10/23 Farming Today This Week: Floods, Beavers, Welsh food producers, Bracken, Livestock marts, Food & Farming award winner.
Flooding, beavers, Welsh food & drink, bracken, livestock marts, farming award winner.
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27/10/23 - Bracken control, BBC Food and Farming Awards and vintage farm machinery
The future of bracken control.
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26/10/23 - Welsh food and drink exports
Charlotte Smith is at Taste Wales in Newport.
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25/10/23 Floods; Sale of country estate; Scottish auction
Flooded farmland; Sale of Rothbury Estate; Western Isles livestock mart.
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24/10/2023
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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23/10/23 - Seasonal worker treatment, Hereford livestock mart, native oysters
Seasonal workers on farms inspected by the Home Office complain about their treatment.
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21/10/23 Farming Today This Week: bird flu new research, Welsh farming budget, agricultural education
Some cautiously good news on bird flu.
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20/10/23 Avian flu new research; Courses in uplands education; Horseback neighbourhood watch.
Research into bird flu, uplands courses for farmers, and horseback neighbourhood watch.
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19/10/23 Welsh farming budget; Scottish floods; Drone course
Cuts to Welsh farming budget, flooded Scottish farms, plus course for agricultural drones.
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18/10/23 Shetland trawlers, digital agriculture, Syrian farmer in Northern Ireland
Trawler operators in Scotland say lives are being put at risk by dangerous behaviour.